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bobyar2001
 Post subject: USATC 2628/611
PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 1:45 am 

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Apparently damaged in a 1950s derailment at Ft. Eustis:

http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/usa/usa-derail-esw.jpg

Some other photos, quite a mess:

http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/usa/usa-derail-fsw.jpg
http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/usa/usa-derail-asw.jpg (bombs)
http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/usa/usa-derail-gsw.jpg
http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/usa/usa-derail-dsw.jpg

611 in mid-1960s:

http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/usa/usa-s611agc.jpg
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thirdrail
 Post subject: Re: USATC 2628/611
PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 10:38 am 

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Location: Florida's Forgotten Coast
Here's a photo taken at Fort Eustis by Lt. Jim Coon in 1963 of USATC 611 with Franklin Rotary Cam Poppet valve gear:

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Jim was my best friend in high school. He passed away about 15 years ago.
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